yvanmmailbox-web@xxxxxxxx wrote:
I 'm working on 2 plugin dissectors, and I wish to know if it's possible
(and if yes, how) to reuse preferences from one plugin to another. I
need to reuse only a part of the preferences (which is an UAT table, so
pretty long and boring to define) from plugin1 to plugin2, considering
that protocol2 is included in plugin1 like this:
plugin1
IP struct
UDP struct
plugin2
Can the copy_prefs() function be useful? How must I define the
preferences in plugin1 to divide it in 2 parts? How to integrate a
separated part into preferences of plugin2?
Well, the plugins could simply share the variable that stores the
preference. Basically: make the variable not 'static' (so it is visible
to other modules), put it in a header file (properly 'extern'd), and
have both plugins include the header file and use the variable.
For an example, see the mtp3_standard preference in packet-mtp3.{h,c}.
Note: I know this works for regular dissectors but I don't know if the
rules are different for plugins--especially on Windows.
